One of Europe’s top AI researchers raised a $13M seed to crack the ‘holy grail’ of models
May 26, 2025 - One of Europe’s most prominent AI researchers, Matthias Niessner, is now the CEO of SpAItial, a startup working on spatial foundation models.
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UC Berkeley AI Policy Research Symposium 2025
May 20, 2025 - Policymakers, technologists, and academics gathered at UC Berkeley on April 22 for the 2025 AI Policy Research Symposium
Microsoft CEO says as much as 30% of the company’s code is written by AI
Apr. 30, 2025 - CEO Satya Nadella revealed the milestone in a conversation with Meta top boss Mark Zuckerberg.
OpenAI's new reasoning AI models hallucinate more
Apr. 18, 2025 - OpenAI's reasoning AI models are getting better, but their hallucinating isn't, according to benchmark results.
The most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
Apr. 15, 2025 - A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
AI-boosted cameras help blind people to navigate
Apr. 14, 2025 - A prototype wearable system uses machine-learning to guide users around obstacles.
Fears of AI speeding up climate change "overstated": new report
Apr. 10, 2025 - The International Energy Agency did a detailed analysis of the AI-energy-climate nexus.
AI Index 2025: State of AI in 10 Charts | Stanford HAI
Apr. 7, 2025 - Small models get better, regulation moves to the states, and more.
The End of Programming as We Know It
Feb. 4, 2025 - AI is not the end of programming. It is the end of programming as we know it today.
Govt., Industry Respond to Federal Info Request on AI Plan
Mar. 19, 2025 - A Request for Information in February on the federal “Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan” has garnered responses from a variety of industry and public-sector stakeholders offering recommendations.
Texas Port’s Digital Twin Enables Real-Time Activity Display
Feb 7, 2025 - Officials at the port of Corpus Christi, Texas, have used generative artificial intelligence, geospatial data and a video game engine to show work as it happens in 3D, internally and to law enforcement.
OpenAI and the CSU system bring AI to 500,000 students & faculty | OpenAI
Feb 4, 2025 - The largest deployment of ChatGPT to date will expand the use of AI in education and help the United States build an AI-ready workforce.
Meta AI creates speech-to-speech translator that works in dozens of languages
Jan 15, 2025 - Machine-learning system can process words spoken in 101 languages, spitting out voice-synthesized translations in 36 target languages.
The AI tool that can interpret any spreadsheet instantly
Jan 8, 2025 - A generalized model for tabular machine learning.
South Carolina Prepares to Launch AI Center of Excellence
Jan 8, 2025 - Rich Heimann, the state’s first-ever director of artificial intelligence, lauds its pragmatic approach to AI strategy and adoption. South Carolina’s chief information security officer will be part of the center's team, too.
NIH-developed AI algorithm matches potential volunteers to clinical trials
Nov 18, 2024 - Such an algorithm may save clinicians time and accelerate clinical enrollment and research.
Study: AI firms train models using more premium publisher data than they let on
Nov 5, 2024 - AI firms rely disproportionately on commercial publishers of news and media websites to train their LLMs
Values Drive the Work of AI Groups in Washington, D.C.
Oct 28, 2024 - In the capital district, the work of its AI Advisory Group and AI Taskforce comes together to help ensure advances in artificial intelligence meet values set by its mayor. Only solutions that properly align get adopted.
How Anaheim Educators Are Leveraging AI Tools
Oct 25, 2024 - Teachers are creating learning experiences tailored to each student.
Collective Conversation Focuses on AI | Wake Tech
Oct 23, 2024 - More than 100 individuals dedicated to closing the gender and representation gaps in Wake County gathered Wednesday to learn more about artificial intelligence in the workplace during Wake Invests in Women's Collective Conversation event at Wake Tech's RTP Campus.
Virginia Activates Its Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Oct 18, 2024 - Virginia has now set its AI Task Force in motion, aiming to support and advise policymakers on the technologies. Ten members have been named; more may follow.
Treasury Department now using AI to save taxpayers billions
Oct 17, 2024 - The Treasury Department said its increased use of artificial intelligence in fraud detection helped prevent or recover more than $4 billion in losses over the past year.
Inside an Effort to Build an AI Assistant for Designing Course Materials
Oct 1, 2024 - Over the past few months, a group of educators has been designing and testing a system that uses ChatGPT
UNC Chapel Hill Provost’s Office announces new AI initiatives
Sep 16, 2024 - The initiatives aim to enhance Carolina’s understanding and usage of artificial intelligence.
Without Accounting for Bias and Discrimination, AI Safety Standards Will Fall Short
Sep 16, 2024 - It will be an uphill battle to ensure that AI standards adequately and robustly protect the public, writes Data & Society's Serena Oduro.
A new dawn for the technology officer
As companies strive to create value from AI, generative AI, and other rapidly evolving technologies, enterprise tech officers will make fundamental shifts in the way they operate.
UTHealth Houston collaborates with OpenAI to offer clinicians HIPAA-compliant ChatGPT solutions
Sep 13, 2024 - UTHealth Houston unveiled a partnership with OpenAI on Friday to build and deploy algorithms for use in medical training and at the patient’s bedside.
FAS Receives $1.5 Million Grant on The Artificial Intelligence / Global Risk Nexus
Sep 11, 2024 - Grant funds research of AI's impact on nuclear weapons, biosecurity, military autonomy, cybersecurity, and other global issues.
Teachers Are Doing UNBELIEVABLE Things With AI!
Sep 11, 2024 - Not even the TEACHERS believe it!
NASCIO Survey Exposes the Hard Data Truths of AI Adoption
Sep 10, 2024 - Responses from 46 states show a big challenge for government in the AI era: many focus on data analysis and business intelligence while neglecting elements such as metadata management, master data and data stewardship.